Control of TCR V(α)-mediated positive repertoire selection and alloreactivity by differential J(α) usage and CDR3α composition

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1441-1452

  Torres Nagel, Nora ^a   Deutschländer, Angela ^a   Herrmann, Thomas ^a   Arden, Bernhard ^b   Hünig, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

MHC recognition; TCR diversity; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; ISOANTIGENS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 0030769703     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.10.1441     Document Type: Article

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